Abstract: The Sinsheimer Collection contains nineteenth- and early twentieth-century business, personal, and political papers of the
Sinsheimers, a prominent and pioneering mercantile family of San Luis Obispo, California. Of German-Jewish extraction, Sinsheimer
brothers Bernhard and Henry and half-brother A. Z. migrated to California following the Civil War, starting a general merchandise
store in San Luis Obispo in 1876. One of A.Z.'s sons, Louis F. Sinsheimer, served as mayor of San Luis Obispo from 1919-1939,
a period of great advances in the city's infrastructure. Spanning four generations, this is an unusually rich collection,
documenting the family's business, political, and personal interests. The collection is comprised of roughly 105 linear feet
of family correspondence and memorabilia; business correspondence and ledgers; financial records and invoices; business, personal
and political ephemera; personal diaries, daybooks, notebooks and calendars; photographic prints and negatives; newspapers,
blueprints, maps, and artifacts.
The collection was donated by the Sinsheimer heirs in 1987.

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The Sinsheimer brothers, Bernhard, Henry, and half-brother A. Z. (Aron Zacharias), were a pioneering mercantile family in
19th century San Luis Obispo County, California. Of German-Jewish background, they came to post-Civil War California separately
after previously living in New York and Mississippi.

Bernhard first appears in an 1875 San Luis Obispo directory with his occupation listed as a clerk. In 1876, Bernhard and Henry
purchased from Bartolo Brizzolara his "stock of general merchandise including one iron safe, platform and counter scales,
[and] lamps now used in my store located on Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo" to furbish their own store. This starting date
of the family business was a continuing source of pride and was prominently noted in early, as well as more contemporary,
store advertisements and logos. The following year, the brothers completed another purchase from Brizzolara – this time of
land at the corner of Monterey and Chorro, bounded by Rose Alley.

By 1878, Aron, known for most of his life as A. Z., with his growing family of six children and wife Jeanette, had joined
Bernhard in San Luis Obispo. According to the family papers, A. Z. was a Civil War veteran and through the years maintained
contact with many of his comrades from the 120th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Along with Henry, who was based in San
Francisco as an agent for the Koshland wool merchants, the brothers operated a general merchandise store; acted as commissioners
in beans and grain; ran cattle; developed land; and supplied farmers and ranchers with goods, equipment, and loans. Supplies
came from such venerable firms as Folger's Coffee, Levi Strauss, and Baker & Hamilton. Customers resided in several counties
up and down the Central Coast and east into the San Joaquin Valley. During the 1880s, partner M. Fleisher managed a Santa
Maria branch of the store.

With a population of 2,243 in 1880, San Luis Obispo was the largest "city" between Monterey (population 1,396 in 1880), Santa
Barbara (population 3,460 in 1880) and Bakersfield (population 2,626 in 1890) and served as the regional market center for
an isolated, agricultural area. Beginning in 1861 and continuing into the 1870s, stage lines transported passengers between
San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles or San Francisco.

The first passenger train from San Francisco arrived in 1894, though the railway link from San Francisco to Los Angeles was
not completed until 1901. Before the arrival of the railroad, regular vessels of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company loaded
with cargo – including dry goods, grain or beans for the Sinsheimer Bros. store – landed at Port Harford (now Avila Bay).
Goods were then hauled some ten miles northeast to San Luis Obispo on the Pacific Coast Railway, a local narrow-gauge rail
system. Despite the rural character of the area, the Sinsheimers' customers represented a diversity of ethnic groups who were
ranching and farming in the region at the turn of the century. Letters and customer orders were written in Spanish, German,
and occasionally Portuguese, as well as English. Local Chinese settlers and merchants were also part of the customer base.

Historic Sinsheimer Building

By 1884, the Sinsheimer Bros. firm was successful enough to commission the construction of a new building to house their general
store. The two-story brick structure was designed by Veitch, Knowles, & Co. of Oakland and constructed by Alfred Walker at
a cost of $8,647. A copy of the contract is found in the collection. This attractive cast-iron front building – more typical
to New Orleans or San Francisco in style than the rural Central Coast – still graces the city's commercial center at 849 Monterey
St. on Rose Alley. The Sinsheimer Bros. store continued under family operation until 1974. After that, new owners operated
the 4,000-square-foot store in the city's historical downtown under the same name until 1977. Shoppers today will find a gift
store on the first floor and professional offices on the second. The landmark building is still owned by family members.

Sinsheimer Family as Business Partners

In California, the 1880s were boom years for real estate promotion. Land development was important even on the remote Central
Coast; the Sinsheimers were major landowners, acquiring properties in San Luis Obispo and adjacent counties.

As the Sinsheimer family's businesses grew and succeeded over the years, Bernhard permanently relocated to San Francisco,
leaving A. Z., with his sons Otto and Louis, to run the diversified San Luis Obispo interests. On March 18, 1898, the local
newspaper The Semi-Weekly Breeze, featured a front-page piece noting the new articles of incorporation being drawn up, with
A. Z. and his son, Louis, as owners.

Mayor Louis Sinsheimer

Several of A. Z. and Jeanette's ten children became prominent members of the local community, most notably son Louis Felix
Sinsheimer. He served as the mayor of San Luis Obispo for 20 years, from 1919–1939. The city saw many improvements in its
infrastructure during that time: telephone and telegraph service, city sewer and gas works, street paving, installation of
street lights, and an upgraded highway over the Cuesta Grade. His administration was called upon to lend emergency help with
the tragic crash of U.S. Navy destroyers at Honda Point in 1923. Louis also was appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees
for California Polytechnic School, now known as California Polytechnic State University. He filled an unfinished term beginning
in 1915 and continued until the board was automatically dissolved by statute in 1921.

Sinsheimer Family Residences

A. Z. Sinsheimer's insurance policies, dated 1895 and 1896, refer to a one-story frame dwelling "on the north side of Monterey
Street, between Broad and Nipomo" as his residence – only two blocks from the business. Later the family relocated to larger
quarters at 1020 Marsh St., a four-block stroll from the general store. A two-story, Victorian wood-frame house with dormer
windows, this second residence was situated on a wooded corner lot bordering San Luis Creek. The house was demolished in 1960
to make way for a Spanish-style office building that today houses a brokerage. Sycamores and eucalyptus, along with some old
fruit trees from the Mission garden days were saved when the old house was razed.

Second Generation of Sinsheimers

The children of A. Z. and Jeanette ("Nettie") Sinsheimer considered San Luis Obispo their hometown, and upon their deaths
choose to be buried alongside their parents in the old Jewish Cemetery, located on the grounds of the International Order
of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery on lower Higuera Street. Three of the nine who lived to adulthood (Fernanda died at age nine)
spent their lives in San Luis Obispo: Louis, Gertrude, and Otto. Of the other siblings, Sam, May, and Paul made San Francisco
their permanent home. In this more sophisticated urban environment there were plenty of relatives – Uncles Henry and Bernhard
and their families, as well as a maternal uncle, the musician Oscar Weil – to serve as business mentors and social companions.
And mother Jeanette made regular trips from San Luis Obispo to the City for extended visits to her children, shopping needs,
and medical consultation.

The Sinsheimer sons who worked outside the family enterprises were also highly successful in private industry. Samuel was
an executive with the Bank of Italy. Sidney, a leader in the sugar beet industry, helped to organize the Holly Sugar Co.,
and served as President of the American Sugar Beet Co. Paul began his career as a news reporter, then concentrated on the
investment business, serving as a vice-president of the American Trust Co., a consulting professor of business history at
Stanford University, and operating his own investment advising firm. Irving worked for his older brother Sidney overseeing
the building of sugar beet plants, then went into the construction business with various partners in Southern California.

A. Z.'s youngest son, Warren, was an executive in the oil industry. His son, Warren Jr., a successful Texas petroleum engineer,
relocated to San Luis Obispo in order to take over management of the Sinsheimer Bros. family store in 1956 upon the death
of his Uncle Louis. Warren Jr.'s widow Marion, sister Anne, and his son, Warren III, donated the collection of family papers
to Cal Poly.

The children of Bernhard and Henry Sinsheimer also carried on the family business traditions. This branch of the family eventually
changed their surname to Sinton due to anti-German sentiments during World War I.

Edgar, one of Henry's sons, had a law practice in San Francisco and was well-known as a philanthropist and leader in the Jewish
community. Silas, son of Bernhard, was involved in another family business venture in San Francisco, Sinsheimer and Co., dealers
in grain and beans. He also held an interest in ranching properties in eastern San Luis Obispo County near Shandon. Sinton
descendants are still active ranchers and leaders in that community today.

Sinsheimer Women

While the bulk of the collection represents the business and political activities of the male family members of the family,
the collection also documents the philanthropic and charitable leadership of two generations of Sinsheimer women. Their efforts
on behalf of local and regional charities and non-profit organizations are notable.

Jeanette "Nettie" (Mrs. A.Z.) Weil Sinsheimer (1847–1926) was a model in this regard to her two daughters, May and Gertrude.
Nettie was the first president of the San Luis Obispo Chapter of the Red Cross, founded in 1898. An early advocate for the
local public library, she supported the successful drive for a Carnegie building grant and then served on the Board of Trustees
for the new library. Nettie also chaired the San Luis Obispo County Woman's Board for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
in 1914.

May (1873–1948) resided in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco, living with her bachelor brother, Paul, a respected
financier. In the 1920 federal census, May lists her occupation as "musician." Undoubtedly music genes ran in the family:
Nettie Weil Sinsheimer's older brother was the well-known Oscar Weil, a composer and music teacher of international renown
who also lived in San Francisco. Her diaries and daybooks show that May enjoyed regular concert-going and attended many cultural
events; the milieu of San Francisco was a very different one from the small town quiet and rural ambiance of her hometown,
San Luis Obispo.

In contrast, her sister Gertrude (1871–1960) was a life-long resident of San Luis Obispo, relishing her role as a member of
a prominent pioneer family. With the onset of World War I, she continued in her mother's tradition by heading the SLO Chapter
of the Red Cross and serving on the California Tuberculosis Association Board. And twenty-five years later, World War II saw
Gertrude still active in supporting the troops and those in need, donating sheet music, instruments, flower seeds, chocolate,
and cash contributions around the state.

With her brother, Mayor Louis Sinsheimer, Gertrude lived in the family home at 1020 Marsh St. Gardening was her avocation.
She was active in the San Luis Obispo Garden Club and Wild Flower Association, distributing circulars to save the wildflowers
and drafting a letter to the County Board of Supervisors arguing against unsightly highway signs when the new Cuesta Grade
route was being built in 1937.

During World War I, May was also very involved with charitable efforts. As Musical Chair of the San Francisco War Camp Committee
– which extended hospitality to the troops – she arranged musical performances for servicemen and civilians alike across the
Bay Area to entertain the men and keep spirits up. She also coordinated the donations of sheet music and instruments to hundreds
of servicemen, and continued this latter role in a semi-official capacity during World War II through the auspices of the
Red Cross and other service agencies. Many handwritten thank-you notes in the collection attest to her work. "You may be sure
that more patients grow interested in playing when the music is fresh and new rather than ragged and thumbworn," wrote Miss
Mary Elizabeth Knock, Assistant Field Director, after a donation of sheet music to Camp San Luis Obispo in 1945.

The Sinsheimer women of both generations were community-minded, active leaders in their respective environs of San Francisco
and San Luis Obispo. They were generous with their time and energies, and put their talents and passions to work for the good
of others.

Spanning four generations of Sinsheimers, the Sinsheimer Collection contains the business, personal, and political papers
of this prominent pioneering mercantile family of San Luis Obispo, California. It is an unusually rich collection, documenting
the family in several spheres, as well as across multiple generations.

The collection is comprised of 124 boxes of family correspondence and memorabilia; business correspondence and ledgers; financial
records and invoices; business, personal and political ephemera; personal diaries, daybooks, notebooks and calendars; photographic
prints and negatives; newspapers, blueprints, maps, and artifacts. In addition, about two dozen monographs have been cataloged
with MARC records.

The Sinsheimer Collection is divided into nine series:

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1890-1997

Series 2: Business Records, 1869-1970s

Series 3: Business Ledgers, 1976-1960

Series 4: Political Papers, 1901-1936

Series 5: Cal Poly Papers, 1901-1936

Series 6: Volunteer Service Agency Records, 1898-1957

Series 7: Newspapers, 1868-1971

Series 8: Visual Media, 1891-1961

Series 9: Oversized Materials, 1874-1966

The earliest piece in the collection is an 1868 sheet from a New York newspaper. The most recent piece is a 1997 article about
descendant and local lawyer, Warren Sinsheimer III. Materials from the first and second generations of the family represent
the major portion of the collection. Coverage is richest from the early years of the family business (1880s) through the deaths
of Louis Sinsheimer (1951) and his sister Gertrude (1960).

Particularly significant and voluminous are the early records within Series 2. Business Records (1869-circa 1970s). Subseries
C contains the 1883-1895 business correspondence with the Sinsheimers' San Francisco and Santa Maria offices, providing ample
evidence of the various business practices and interests of the Sinsheimers. The business correspondence also provides glimpses
into the private lives of the Sinsheimers in the form of frequent postscripts conveying tidbits of personal or family news.

Equally substantial in size and content is Series 4, Political Papers (1876-1960) which includes records of the San Luis Obispo
City Public Works Commissioner (1873-1924); Mayoral Office records (1870-1955); and maps, blueprints and political ephemera.
These series document important aspects of the political life and the expansion and development of San Luis Obispo.

The third group of note, Series 7, Newspapers (1868-1971) is an assortment of nearly 800 newspapers, primarily from California,
retained by the Sinsheimers in the course of the business, civic and family activities. Series 7 includes incomplete runs
and single issues of various papers from San Luis Obispo County (1888-1968), Santa Barbara County (1934-1956), San Francisco
(1898-1968), and Los Angeles (1905-1952). This collection also includes miscellaneous newspapers from out-of-state and other
in-state areas of California dating from 1868 to 1963. Of particular note are the editions documenting the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake and fire.

Where possible, the provenance, or original organization, of the papers has been preserved. However, in order to simplify
access to the collection for researchers, some materials in specific formats and topics were reorganized and refoldered to
more accurately reflect their contents.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Sinsheimer family--History

Merchants, Jewish--California

Municipal government--California--San Luis Obispo

Red Cross--California--San Luis Obispo County--20th Century.

Women in charitable work--California--San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo (Calif.)--History.

San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--History

Sinsheimer, Aron Zacharias (A.Z.), 1837-1919

Sinsheimer, Bernhard, 1848-1928

Sinsheimer, Gertrude, 1871-1960

Sinsheimer, Henry, 1854-1932

Sinsheimer, Jeanette "Nettie" Weil, 1847-1926

Sinsheimer, Louis F., 1869-1951

Sinsheimer, May, 1873-1948

Sinsheimer, Paul A. 1879-1956

Sinsheimer, Warren A. 1885-1952

Sinsheimer, Warren A., Jr. 1923-1968

Sinsheimer collection.

Genre and Forms of Materials

Correspondence

Newspapers

Ledgers

Photographs

Ephemera

Maps

Diaries

Secondary sources

Related Material

Materials Cataloged Separately

A significant amount of material from the Sinsheimer Collection has been cataloged separately with MARC records, including
some city and business directories, ephemera for local events such as La Fiesta, and some oversized maps.

Contains catalogs from California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Art Gallery and Parke-Bernet Galleries, arranged
chronologically from 1938-1954. 1 box.

Box 1, Folder 1

The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1938

Box 1, Folder 2

Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1941

Box 1, Folder 3

Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1947

Box 1, Folder 4

Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1949

Box 1, Folder 5

Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1954

Box 1, Folder 6

San Francisco Art Gallery, undated

B. Calling Cards, 1890-1950s

Scope and Content Note

Contains business and social calling cards of various Sinsheimer family members and their business associates and friends.
Box 2 contains family members' calling cards in original boxes. Box 3 contains single cards in alphabetical order by name;
Sinsheimer family first; all others are in second alphabetical sequence. Includes a card and an invitation from Phoebe Apperson
Hearst. 2 boxes.

Box 2, Folder 1

Sinsheimer family members' calling cards in original boxes

Box 3, Folder 1

Sinsheimer family and friends' calling cards in sleeves

C. Clippings, 1914-1997

Scope and Content Note

Contains loose newspaper clippings arranged by subject, with most devoted to San Luis Obispo and California history. 1 box.

Box 4, Folder 1

Adobes, circa 1940-1970

Box 4, Folder 2

Book collecting, undated

Box 4, Folder 3

California history, circa 1950s

Box 4, Folder 4

Gardening, undated

Box 4, Folder 5

Music, circa 1940s

Box 4, Folder 6

San Francisco history, circa 1930-1960

Box 4, Folder 7

San Luis Obispo County history (1 of 2), circa 1930s-1960s

Box 4, Folder 8

San Luis Obispo County history (2 of 2), circa 1930s-1960s

Box 4, Folder 9

Santa Barbara history, circa 1930s-1940s

Box 4, Folder 10

Women's Board, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1914-1915

D. Correspondence, 1900-1959

Scope and Content Note

Contains personal correspondence of various Sinsheimer family members arranged chronologically by decade. Includes congratulatory
telegrams on the 1923 birth of Warren Sinsheimer, Jr.; Christmas cards and New Year's cards from friends and family; a response
from actor Louis Calhern to a fan letter, 1947; a note from musician Lotte Lehmann, 1948; and a letter to Gertrude Sinsheimer
from her friend botanist Alice Eastwood, 1950. 1 box.

Box 5, Folder 1

Correspondence, undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Correspondence, undated (before 1919)

Box 5, Folder 3

Correspondence, undated (after 1919)

Box 5, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1900-1909

Box 5, Folder 5

Correspondence, 1910-1919

Box 5, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1920-1929

Box 5, Folder 7

Correspondence, 1930-1939

Box 5, Folder 8

Correspondence, 1940-1949

Box 5, Folder 9

Correspondence, 1950-1959

E. Diaries, 1891-1961

Scope and Content Note

Contains various diaries, daybooks, datebooks, personal notebooks, and calendars of A. Z. Sinsheimer, Irving Sinsheimer, Jeanette
"Nettie" Weil Sinsheimer, L. F. Sinsheimer, May Sinsheimer, Otto Sinsheimer, Warren A. Sinsheimer I, as well as some unidentified
diaries; some with ephemera laid in. Jeanette's calendar for 1906 has brief notes on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and
fire and its effect on family members living there. The family provided typed transcriptions for several of A. Z.'s diaries;
in a few instances there are transcriptions provided for years for which there is no physical diary extant in the collection.
There are no transcriptions for any other family members' diaries, daybooks, etc. Arranged alphabetically by family member's
name, then chronologically. 4 boxes.

Personal ephemera from three generations; articles by and about Sinsheimer family members; obituaries. Includes Sinsheimer
household receipts from 1904 to 1905; ephemera and mementos from their travels, including a ticket stub from the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition; an 1899 illustrated booklet, Detroit the Beautiful; a 1930 University of California football game
schedule, as well as lyrics to school fight songs, undated This series also includes a large collection of vintage road maps
of California cities, counties, and regions. Local San Luis Obispo ephemera includes La Fiesta souvenir programs, 1966 and
1968; a San Luis Obispo Garden Club and Wild Flower circular, undated; and an invitation to the dedication of the Customs
House, 1927. 7 boxes.

Fine press keepsakes including Book Club of California's eulogy to Albert M. Bender, 1941; and a catalog with sample Renaissance
manuscripts from Dawson's Book Shop, undated; collected by Paul A. Sinsheimer. 6 folders.

Box 17, Folder 1

Albert M. Bender eulogy, 1941

Box 17, Folder 2

Dawson's Book Shop catalog with Renaissance...1300-1600 A.D., undated

Box 17, Folder 3

The Eugene B. Favre Memorial at Stanford University, 1941

Box 17, Folder 4

In Praise of Walking, 1948

Box 17, Folder 5

John Dempster McKee, 1865-1948, 1948

Box 17, Folder 6

Material for the Diary of Great People: An Address by E. Robinson, 1956

From 1883-1895, contains the daily business correspondence between the San Luis Obispo and San Francisco branches of Sinsheimer
Bros. After that date, correspondence found here is much more sporadic. Also contains business telegrams. General correspondence
is arranged chronologically; then followed by any correspondence relating to a named individual or company, arranged alphabetically
by name. 8 boxes.

Box 23, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, undated

Box 23, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1883 Jan

Box 23, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1883 Feb

Box 23, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1883 Mar

Box 24, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1883 April

Box 24, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1883 May

Box 24, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1883 June

Box 24, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1883 July

Box 24, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1883 Aug

Box 24, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1883 Sept

Box 24, Folder 7

Business Correspondence, 1883 Oct

Box 24, Folder 8

Business Correspondence, 1883 Nov

Box 24, Folder 9

Business Correspondence, 1883-Dec

Box 25, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1884-Apr

Box 25, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1884-May

Box 25, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1884 Sept

Box 25, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1886 July

Box 25, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1886 Sept

Box 25, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1887 Jan

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 2)

Box 25, Folder 7

Business Correspondence, 1887 Jan

Scope and Content Note

(2 of 2)

Box 26, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1887 July

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1887 July

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(2 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1887 July

Scope and Content Note

(3 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1887 Aug

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1887 Aug

Scope and Content Note

(2 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1887 Aug

Scope and Content Note

(3 of 3)

Box 26, Folder 7

Business Correspondence: "B", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 8

Business Correspondence: "C", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 9

Business Correspondence: "D", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 10

Business Correspondence: "F", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 11

Business Correspondence: "H", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 12

Business Correspondence: "J", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 13

Business Correspondence: "K", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 14

Business Correspondence: "L", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 15

Business Correspondence: "M", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 16

Business Correspondence: "O ", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 17

Business Correspondence: "P ", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 18

Business Correspondence: "R", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 19

Business Correspondence: "S", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 20

Business Correspondence: "W", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 21

Business Correspondence: "Z", 1890 May

Box 26, Folder 22

Business Correspondence, 1891 Jan

Box 26, Folder 23

Business Correspondence, 1892 Mar

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 2)

Box 26, Folder 24

Business Correspondence, 1892 Mar

Scope and Content Note

(2 of 2)

Box 26, Folder 25

Business Correspondence, 1892 June

Box 26, Folder 26

Business Correspondence, 1892 July

Box 27, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1893 Feb

Box 27, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1893 Mar

Scope and Content Note

A

Box 27, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1893 Mar

Scope and Content Note

B (1 of 2)

Box 27, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1893 Mar

Scope and Content Note

B (2 of 2)

Box 27, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1893 Apr

Box 28, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1893 June

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(1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1893 June

Scope and Content Note

(2 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1894 Feb

Box 28, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1894 June

Box 28, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1894 July

Box 28, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1894 Aug

Box 28, Folder 7

Business Correspondence, 1894 Sept

Box 28, Folder 8

Business Correspondence, 1895 Feb

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 9

Business Correspondence, 1895 Feb

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(2 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 10

Business Correspondence, 1895 Apr

Box 28, Folder 11

Business Correspondence, 1895 June

Box 28, Folder 12

Business Correspondence, 1895 Sept

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(1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 13

Business Correspondence, 1895 Sept

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(2 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 14

Business Correspondence, 1895 Oct

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(1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 15

Business Correspondence, 1895 Oct

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(2 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 16

Business Correspondence, 1895 Nov

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(1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 17

Business Correspondence, 1895 Nov

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(2 of 2)

Box 29, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1904

Box 29, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1906

Box 29, Folder 3

Business Correspondence, 1907

Box 29, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1908

Box 29, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1909

Box 29, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1913

Box 29, Folder 7

Business Correspondence, 1916

Box 29, Folder 8

Business Correspondence: "A", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 9

Business Correspondence: "B", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 10

Business Correspondence: "C", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 11

Business Correspondence: "D", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 12

Business Correspondence: "F", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 13

Business Correspondence: "G", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 14

Business Correspondence: "H", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 15

Business Correspondence: "I", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 16

Business Correspondence: "K", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 17

Business Correspondence: "L", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 18

Business Correspondence: "M", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 19

Business Correspondence: "N", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 20

Business Correspondence: "O", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 21

Business Correspondence: "P", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 22

Business Correspondence: "R", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 23

Business Correspondence: "S", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 24

Business Correspondence: "T", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 25

Business Correspondence: "U", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 26

Business Correspondence: "V", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 27

Business Correspondence: "W", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 28

Business Correspondence: "Y", 1916 Jan-June

Box 29, Folder 29

Business Correspondence, 1917

Box 29, Folder 30

Business Correspondence, 1918

Box 29, Folder 31

Business Correspondence, 1920

Box 29, Folder 32

Business Correspondence, 1922

Box 29, Folder 33

Business Correspondence, 1923

Box 29, Folder 34

Business Correspondence, 1924

Box 29, Folder 35

Business Correspondence, 1925

Box 29, Folder 36

Business Correspondence, 1926

Box 29, Folder 37

Business Correspondence, 1929

Box 29, Folder 38

Business Correspondence, 1930 Jan-Mar

Box 29, Folder 39

Business Correspondence, 1930 April-June

Box 29, Folder 40

Business Correspondence, 1930 July-Sept

Box 29, Folder 41

Business Correspondence, 1930 Oct.-Dec.

Box 29, Folder 42

Business Correspondence, 1931

Box 29, Folder 43

Business Correspondence, 1932

Box 29, Folder 44

Business Correspondence, 1933

Box 30, Folder 1

Business Correspondence, 1934

Box 30, Folder 2

Business Correspondence, 1935

Box 30, Folder 3

Business Correspondence (re Gertrude Sinsheimer), 1935193919411942

Box 30, Folder 4

Business Correspondence, 1936

Box 30, Folder 5

Business Correspondence, 1937

Box 30, Folder 6

Business Correspondence, 1938

Box 30, Folder 7

Business Correspondence, 1939

Box 30, Folder 8

Business Correspondence, 1940

Box 30, Folder 9

Business Correspondence, 194219441945

Box 30, Folder 10

Business Correspondence, 1946

Box 30, Folder 11

Business Correspondence, 1947

Box 30, Folder 12

Business Correspondence, 1947-1949

Box 30, Folder 13

Business Correspondence, 1949

Box 30, Folder 14

Business Correspondence, circa 1950?

Box 30, Folder 15

Business Correspondence, 1951

Box 30, Folder 16

Business Correspondence, 1952

Box 30, Folder 17

Business Correspondence, 1953

Box 30, Folder 18

Business Correspondence, 1956

Box 30, Folder 19

Business Correspondence, 1959-1960

Box 30, Folder 20

Business Correspondence, 1964

Box 30, Folder 21

Alcohol permit, 1908

Box 30, Folder 22

Joseph J. Burns, 1935-1938

Box 30, Folder 23

V. P. Dickason, 1946

Box 30, Folder 24

J. F. Goodwin, 1945-1948

Box 30, Folder 25

Masonic Hall Association, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918

Box 30, Folder 26

Pinal Oil Co., 1899, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909

Box 30, Folder 27

SLO Industrial Center, 1926, 1927, 1935

Box 30, Folder 28

L. Soares/A. B. Spooner, 1941

Box 30, Folder 29

A. B. Spooner accounts, 1942-1944

Box 30, Folder 30

Telegrams, 1883 Jan

Box 30, Folder 31

Telegrams, 1883 Feb

Box 30, Folder 32

Telegrams, 1883 Mar

Box 30, Folder 33

Telegrams, 1883 April

Box 30, Folder 34

Telegrams, 1883 May

Box 30, Folder 35

Telegrams, 1883 June

Box 30, Folder 36

Telegrams, 1883 July

Box 30, Folder 37

Telegrams, 1883 Aug

Box 30, Folder 38

Telegrams, 1883 Sept

Box 30, Folder 39

Telegrams, 1883 Oct

Box 30, Folder 40

Telegrams, 1883 Nov

Box 30, Folder 41

Telegrams, 1883 Dec

Box 30, Folder 42

Telegrams, 1892 Jan

Box 30, Folder 43

Telegrams, 1918

Box 30, Folder 44

Telegrams, 1919

Box 30, Folder 45

Telegrams, 1923

Box 30, Folder 46

Telegrams, 1956

Box 30, Folder 47

Vogue Pattern Service, 1932, 1948, 1953, 1957

Box 30, Folder 48

Water bills and receipts, 1949

Box 30, Folder 49

Water bills and receipts, 1950-51

D. Court Records, 1891-1928

Scope and Content Note

Contains assorted records of the court including a Declaration of Intention for Manual de Braga, 1891; court summons with
the Sinsheimers as plaintiffs, 1904, 1921, 1928; and a complaint by the Koshland Realty Co. filed against various property
owners in See Canyon regarding water rights, circa 1912. 8 folders.

Box 31, Folder 1

M. de Braga, 1891

Box 31, Folder 2

G. Friederick vs. Mary Oliver, Ad-mix, 1900

Box 31, Folder 3

Koshland Realty Co. vs. Lewis A. Jones et al, circa 1912

Box 31, Folder 4

Luigi Marre, Estate of, 1904

Box 31, Folder 5

Sinsheimer Bros vs. M. Meherine, 1921

Box 31, Folder 6

Sinsheimer Bros vs. J. M. Miller, 1928

Box 31, Folder 7

L. F. Sinsheimer vs. W. E. Fuller, 1904

Box 31, Folder 8

L. M. Warden, Estate of, 1903

E. Business Ephemera, 1880s-1952

Scope and Content Note

Contains business related ephemera including a sample of Sinsheimer Bros. letterhead; a photocopy of a 1880s-era store logo;
store shipping tags; and a colorful ad featuring Sassy Jane Rayon Frocks for sale at Sinsheimers, circa 1927. Other items
are vendor "purity certificates;" merchandise advertising; a federal wheat license for the firm, 1919; and letterhead for
local businessman W. C. Wickenden. 26 folders.

Contains handwritten balance sheets for the firm indicating the early diversification of the Sinsheimer investments. Also
includes financial statements for specific investments with ranching partner A. B. Hasbrouck and with Obispo Oil Co. 12 folders.

Box 31, Folder 35

Financial Statements, 1909-1911

Box 31, Folder 36

Balance Sheets, undated (1880s?)

Box 31, Folder 37

Balance Sheets, 1884

Box 31, Folder 38

Balance Sheets, 1885

Box 31, Folder 39

Balance Sheets, 1905

Box 31, Folder 40

Balance Sheets, 1906

Box 31, Folder 41

Balance Sheets, 1907

Box 31, Folder 42

Balance Sheets, 1908

Box 31, Folder 43

Balance Sheets, 1909

Box 31, Folder 44

Balance Sheets: A. B. Hasbrouck, 1891, 1893

Box 31, Folder 45

Balance Sheets, 1902-1909

Box 31, Folder 46

Balance Sheets: Obispo Oil Co., 1930

G. Freight Bills, 1883-1916

Scope and Content Note

In the pre-railroad days before 1894, the Sinsheimers depended on the combination of steamship and narrow gauge railway to
transport their cargo to San Luis Obispo. Most freight bills are from the Pacific Coast Railway/Pacific Coast Steamship Company
and Southern Pacific Company. Later receipts from Southern Pacific Milling and other warehousing firms reflect the charges
for the storage and cleaning of dried bean and grain inventories. Two different sets of bills exist for 1887. 5 boxes.

Contains inventories of dried beans in Santa Maria branch store for 1910; merchandise inventories for the federal government
for 1917 and 1918. 2 folders.

Box 37, Folder 7

Inventories, 1900

Box 37, Folder 8

Inventories, 19171918

J. Invoices and Receipts, 1883-1924

Scope and Content Note

A variety of business receipts are found here including those from individual customers, business accounts (e.g., Sperry Flour
Co.), and vendors. The categories "cash orders," "credit memoranda," "credit memoranda and bills," "merchandise orders," "money
orders," and "brokers and manufacturers' agents" are taken from the original handwritten labels in which the invoices and
receipts were found. They are arranged chronologically within each category. Occasionally (see 1915 and 1916 records), receipts
were arranged alphabetically by customer; this order has been preserved. 8 boxes.

Contains deed for 1877 purchase by Bernhard Sinsheimer of land at corner of Monterey St. and Chorro from Bartolo Brizzolara.
Assorted oversized business ephemera; livestock pedigrees, 1916 (?), 1954; abstracts of title for parcels of land throughout
SLO county, 1888-1918. Municipal bonds from the city of Hamburg, Germany, issued in 1914, are evidence of the Sinsheimers
foreign investments. Dairy industry periodicals and publications, 1920s, 1930s. 5 boxes.

Box 52, Folder 1

Abstract of Title: Domingo Machado, 1888

Box 52, Folder 2

Abstract of Title, 1894

Box 52, Folder 3

Abstract of Title: J. E. Fitzwater/B. Maud, 1894

Box 53, Folder 1

Abstract of Title, 1913

Box 53, Folder 2

Abstract of Title, 1918

Box 54, Folder 1

Check stubs, 1892

Box 55, Folder 1

Deed: B. Brizzolara/B. Sinsheimer, 1877 June

Box 55, Folder 2

Hamburg Germany bonds, 1914

Box 56, Folder 1

Book of Dairy Farm Accounts and Records, circa 1930s

Box 56, Folder 2

California Cultivator
,
March 6, 1920, May 29, 1920

Box 56, Folder 3

Dairy Cow Score Card, 1942

Box 56, Folder 4

Hoard's Dairyman
,
1920

Box 56, Folder 5

James Ranch magazine
,
1924

Box 56, Folder 6

Pacific Dairy Review
,
April 1, 1920

Box 56, Folder 7

Alpine Milk Purity Certificate, 1907

Box 56, Folder 8

Gordon Maid Skirt Co., Inc., undated

Box 56, Folder 9

London and Provincial Fire Insurance Co., 1885

Box 56, Folder 10

Royal Society Art Needlework Materials, undated

Box 56, Folder 11

San Francisco Produce Exchange call list, 1900

Box 56, Folder 12

Pedigrees, 1916, 1954

N. Promissory Notes and Securities, 1878-1945

Scope and Content Note

Contains individual notes for loans from the Sinsheimers Bros. firm. Arranged chronologically. For two sets – the time periods
1889-1906 and 1900-1924 – the notes were arranged alphabetically by the client's last name. This order has been preserved.
Earliest record is an 1878 promissory note in German for A. Z. Sinsheimer. Also contains stock certificates, for which original
headers "Old notes; worthless stock; etc." retained. 1 box.

Box 57, Folder 1

Promissory Notes, 1878

Box 57, Folder 2

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"A"

Box 57, Folder 3

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"B"

Box 57, Folder 4

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"C"

Box 57, Folder 5

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"D"

Box 57, Folder 6

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"F"

Box 57, Folder 7

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"G"

Box 57, Folder 8

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"H"

Box 57, Folder 9

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"J"

Box 57, Folder 10

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"K"

Box 57, Folder 11

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"L"

Box 57, Folder 12

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"M"

Box 57, Folder 13

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"N"

Box 57, Folder 14

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"O"

Box 57, Folder 15

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"P"

Box 57, Folder 16

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"Q"

Box 57, Folder 17

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"R"

Box 57, Folder 18

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"S"

Box 57, Folder 19

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"T"

Box 57, Folder 20

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"V"

Box 57, Folder 21

Promissory Notes, 1889-1906

Scope and Content Note

"W"

Box 57, Folder 22

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"A"

Box 57, Folder 23

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"B"

Box 57, Folder 24

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"C"

Box 57, Folder 25

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"D"

Box 57, Folder 26

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"E"

Box 57, Folder 27

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"F"

Box 57, Folder 28

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"G"

Box 57, Folder 29

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"H"

Box 57, Folder 30

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"J"

Box 57, Folder 31

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"K"

Box 57, Folder 32

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"L"

Box 57, Folder 33

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"M"

Box 57, Folder 34

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"N"

Box 57, Folder 35

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"P"

Box 57, Folder 36

Promissory Notes, 1900-1924

Scope and Content Note

"S"

Box 57, Folder 37

Promissory Notes, 1945

Box 57, Folder 38

Old Notes; Worthless Stock; Etc., undated

Box 57, Folder 39

Old Notes; Worthless Stock; Etc., 1902, 1905, 1908

Box 57, Folder 40

Old Notes; Worthless Stock; Etc., 1911, 1913, 1917-1919

Box 57, Folder 41

Old Notes; Worthless Stock; Etc., 1920, 1927, 1930

O. Real Estate, 1877-1949

Scope and Content Note

Contains records of various real estate transactions, including builder's contract with Alfred Walker for the Sinsheimer store,
1884; leases of grazing land by the Sinsheimers from the R. E. Jack Co., 1903, 1905; and from Pacific Land Co., 1904-1906.
Alphabetical by title. 22 folders.

Contains annual county property tax receipts for land owned by the Sinsheimer Bros. firm or by customers for whom they provided
taxpaying services. Includes receipts from Kern County, Kings County, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara
County and the City of San Luis Obispo. 3 boxes, 7 folders.

Box 59, Folder 1

City of San Luis Obispo, various, 1893-1903

Scope and Content Note

(1 of 2)

Box 59, Folder 2

City of San Luis Obispo, various, 1893-1903

Scope and Content Note

(2 of 2)

Box 59, Folder 3

City of San Luis Obispo, 1897

Box 59, Folder 4

City of San Luis Obispo, 1906-1907

Box 59, Folder 5

City of San Luis Obispo, 1919

Box 59, Folder 6

City of San Luis Obispo, 1933

Box 59, Folder 7

Manuel Gularte, 1905-1910

Box 59, Folder 8

Kern County, 1893, 1894

Box 59, Folder 9

Kern County, 1900

Box 59, Folder 10

Kern County, 1901

Box 59, Folder 11

Kern County, 1903

Box 59, Folder 12

Kern County, 1932-1933

Box 59, Folder 13

Kings County, 1893-1901, 1901, 1903

Box 59, Folder 14

Monterey County, 1892-1903

Box 59, Folder 15

Monterey County, 1901

Box 60, Folder 1

San Luis Obispo County, 1887-1888

Box 60, Folder 2

San Luis Obispo County, 1891-1892

Scope and Content Note

A

Box 60, Folder 3

San Luis Obispo County, 1891-1892

Scope and Content Note

B

Box 60, Folder 4

San Luis Obispo County, 1892-1893

Box 60, Folder 5

San Luis Obispo County, 1897-1898

Box 60, Folder 6

San Luis Obispo County, 1899-1900

Box 60, Folder 7

San Luis Obispo County, 1901

Box 60, Folder 8

San Luis Obispo County, 1902-1903

Box 60, Folder 9

San Luis Obispo County, 1905

Box 60, Folder 10

San Luis Obispo County, 1906

Box 60, Folder 11

San Luis Obispo County, 1933

Box 60, Folder 12

Santa Barbara County, 1901

Box 60, Folder 13

Simon Koshland and Co., 1896-1902

Box 60, Folder 14

Sinsheimer Bros., 1893-1894

Scope and Content Note

A

Box 61, Folder 1

Sinsheimer Bros., 1893-1894

Scope and Content Note

B

Box 61, Folder 2

Sinsheimer Bros., 1893-1894

Scope and Content Note

C

Box 61, Folder 3

Sinsheimer Bros., 1894-1895

Scope and Content Note

A

Box 61, Folder 4

Sinsheimer Bros., 1894-1895

Scope and Content Note

B

Box 61, Folder 5

Sinsheimer Bros., 1895-1896

Box 61, Folder 6

Sinsheimer Bros., 1896-1897

Box 61, Folder 7

Sinsheimer Bros., 1898-1899

Box 61, Folder 8

Sinsheimer Bros., 1900-1903

Box 61, Folder 9

Sinsheimer Bros., 1922

Box 62, Folder 1

Sundries, 1893-1894

Box 62, Folder 2

Sundries, 1895-1896

Box 62, Folder 3

Sundries, 1896-1897

Box 62, Folder 4

Sundries, 1897-1898

Box 62, Folder 5

Sundries, 1898-1899

Box 62, Folder 6

Sundries, 1903-1904

Box 62, Folder 7

Sundries, 1908

R. Telegraph Code Books,

Scope and Content Note

Contains two code books: one for telegrams between Koshland and Company and Sinsheimer Bros.; the other for use between the
San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, and Santa Maria store branches of Sinsheimer Bros. Used for deciphering the coded telegrams
regarding buying and selling of wheat, grain, etc. See Series 2, subseries 3 for telegrams. 1 folder.

Box 62, Folder 8

Telegraph Code Books, undated

S. Vendor Catalogs, 1895-1970s

Scope and Content Note

Contains three dozen vendor catalogs representing a glimpse at the changing variety of merchandise handled by the Sinsheimer
Bros. over eight decades. The earliest catalog, Baker and Hamilton, circa 1895, was a well-known vendor of farm apparatus
and equipment. Bulk of vendor catalogs are from 1950s and 1960s, ranging from Spiegel to saddles to Coleman sporting goods.
Alphabetical by vendor name. 2 boxes.

Contains oversized business and financial records for various Sinsheimer interests, unarranged.

4. Political Papers1876-1960

Scope and Content Note

Contains four subseries: A. Oversized Blueprints and Election Materials, B. Republican Party Activities, C. San Luis Obispo
Commissioner of Public Works Records, and D. San Luis Obispo Mayoral Records.

A. Oversized Blueprints &Election Materials, 1922-1931

Scope and Content Note

Contains twenty-eight blueprints, mostly pertaining to the city of San Luis Obispo, including proposed Lopez Dam, and improvements
within the city limits. These blueprints were found with Louis Sinsheimer's political papers. Box 66 contains material pertaining
to elections of 1914, 1922, 1928,1929 and 1932, as well as a list of delegates to the 1908 Republican State Convention. Box
67 houses the 1926 Voter Registration rolls for SLO Co. (Lynch Precinct) and 1926 SLO City Ordinance Scrapbooks containing
Ordinances 1-274. 3 boxes.

Box 65, Folder 1

Blueprints, circa 1922-1931

Box 66, Folder 1

Elections (Progressive Party), 1914

Box 66, Folder 2

Elections (Republican Party), 1922

Box 66, Folder 3

Elections (SLO Mayoral), 1928

Box 66, Folder 4

Elections (SLO Mayoral), 1929

Box 66, Folder 5

Elections (Prohibition Party), 1932

Box 66, Folder 6

Delegates to Republican State Convention, 1908

Box 67, Folder 1

SLO City Ordinance Scrapbooks: Ordinances 1-200,

Box 67, Folder 2

SLO City Ordinance Scrapbooks: Ordinances 201-274, undated

Box 67, Folder 3

SLO County Voter Registration (Lynch Precinct), 1926

B. Republican Party Activities, 1908-1932

Scope and Content Note

Contains Louis Sinsheimer's correspondence to him with colleagues and supporters (undated, 1904-1951) regarding Republican
Party and the Progressive Party activity. He also maintained a life-long friendship with California governor and senator Hiram
Johnson and the subseries includes correspondence from Johnson to various family members (1912-1945). Also contains election
ephemera. 1 box.

Box 68, Folder 1

Hiram Johnson Correspondence, 1912-1945

Box 68, Folder 2

Gertrude Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954

Box 68, Folder 3

Louis F. Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1904, 1912

Box 68, Folder 4

Louis F. Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1914

Box 68, Folder 5

Louis F. Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1918, 1920, 1922

Box 68, Folder 6

Louis F. Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1932, 1934, 1950, 1951

Box 68, Folder 7

May Sinsheimer Correspondence, 1916

Box 68, Folder 8

Elections, 1916, 1918, 1920

Box 68, Folder 9

Anti-Herrin Ticket, circular, undated

Box 68, Folder 10

Delegate, Republican State Convention, 1906

Box 68, Folder 11

Meeting notice, 1904

Box 68, Folder 12

Members of the Republican State & County Central Committee, 1922

Box 68, Folder 13

Charles A. Palmer, card, undated

Box 68, Folder 14

George C. Pardee for Governor, 1906

Box 68, Folder 15

A Record of Progressive Achievements, undated

Box 68, Folder 16

Regular Republican Ticket for the County of San Luis Obispo, undated

Box 68, Folder 17

Republican County Convention, 1912

Box 68, Folder 18

Speech of Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1920

Box 68, Folder 19

What the Republican Party Has Done for Labor, circa 1908

Box 68, Folder 20

L. F. Sinsheimer, 1908, 1910

Box 68, Folder 21

L. F. Sinsheimer, 1924, 1926

C. San Luis Obispo Commissioner of Public Works Records, 1873-1924

Scope and Content Note

(Boxes 69-70)

Louis Sinsheimer served on the San Luis Obispo City Council as the Commissioner of Public Works from 1915 until his election
as mayor in April 1919. Some correspondence in this series is outside that range of dates but because of provenance remains
here. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Ongoing correspondence with a particular business or agency (e.g. Bureau
of Sanitary Engineering or cattle company Miller and Lux) is housed in its own folder and arranged chronologically within.
2 boxes.

Box 69, Folder 1

Bills, 1915-1916

Box 70, Folder 1

Contract for City Water Works, 1873

Box 70, Folder 2

Correspondence, 19141915

Box 70, Folder 3

Correspondence, 1916

Box 70, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1917

Box 70, Folder 5

Correspondence, 1918

Box 70, Folder 6

Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, 1916-1918

Box 70, Folder 7

Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, 1920-1924

Box 70, Folder 8

Miller and Lux "French Place", 1916, 1918

Box 70, Folder 9

Postcard "To Big Bear Valley", 1917

Box 70, Folder 10

Water Dept. bills, 1917-1918

D. San Luis Obispo Mayoral Office, 1870-1955some undated.

Scope and Content Note

From 1919 to 1939, Louis Sinsheimer served as mayor. Thirty years of correspondence shows that the issues confronting city
government then and now are very similar: employee relations, water quality and supply, sewage, street paving, costs of utilities
and services, etc. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Ongoing correspondence with a particular business or agency
(e.g. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, Southern Pacific Co., Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, lawyer A. E. Chandler, engineers
J. B. Lippincott and Charles Gilman Hyde, etc.) is housed in its own folder(s) and arranged chronologically within.

Various revisions to the city charter and ordinances; subscription document for purchase of Jack Ranch (now Camp San Luis
Obispo), 1926; assorted financial statements from the 1930s, 1940s; ephemera from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s depicting various
modern conveniences and city services. 12 boxes.

Contains a copy of the official state act to establish the school. 1 folder.

Box 83, Folder 1

Act To Establish The California Polytechnic School, 1901

B. Cal Poly Correspondence, 1906-1936

Scope and Content Note

Contains correspondence, minutes, memos (chronologically arranged) to the Board of Trustees mostly during Louis Sinsheimer's
tenure as mayor, the bulk of which centers on a payment dispute of summer contract employees and the alleged prostitution
problem near campus. 12 folders.

Box 83, Folder 2

Correspondence, 1906

Box 83, Folder 3

Correspondence, 1914

Box 83, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1915

Box 83, Folder 5

Correspondence, 1916

Box 83, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1917

Box 83, Folder 7

Correspondence, 1918

Box 83, Folder 8

Correspondence, 1919

Box 83, Folder 9

Correspondence, 1920

Box 83, Folder 10

Correspondence, 1921

Box 83, Folder 11

Correspondence, 1922

Box 83, Folder 12

Correspondence, 1923

Box 83, Folder 13

Correspondence: San Luis Obispo prostitution problem, 1936

C. Cal Poly Ephemera, 1919

Scope and Content Note

Contains ephemera related to Cal Poly. Chronological. 3 folders.

Box 83, Folder 14

Stenographers' notebook, undated

Box 83, Folder 15

U.S.D.A. tuberculosis circular, 1919

Box 83, Folder 16

Vocational Guidance School for Ex-Service Men, circa 1919

D. Oversized Cal Poly Materials, 1915

Scope and Content Note

Contains framed plaque certifying Louis Sinsheimer's 1915 appointment to fill an unexpired position on the Board of Trustees
of the California Polytechnic School and a broadside from Cal Poly Printing Department. 2 folders.

Box 84, Folder 1

The School for Country Printers, Cal Poly Printing Department, circa 1950

Post-World War II correspondence and other records addressed to Gertrude Sinsheimer recognizing her continuing support. Arranged
by type, then chronologically. 4 folders.

Box 85, Folder 1

Bulletin, 19471957

Box 85, Folder 2

Conference Proceedings, 1947

Box 85, Folder 3

Correspondence, 1948, 1950, 1952

Box 85, Folder 4

Logo, undated

B. Volunteer Service Agencies, 1925-1946

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence (arranged chronologically) primarily to May and Gertrude referring to both their official capacities
as volunteers and for personal contributions of sheet music, money, and other items to the troops and various volunteer support
groups. 7 folders.

E. San Francisco War Camp Community Service, Music Committee, 1917-1921

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, ephemera, organizational files of May Sinsheimer in her capacity as Chairman of the Music Committee, San Francisco
War Camp Community Service during World War I. The War Camp described itself as "an official national organization for extending
hospitality to men in uniform." Chronological. 8 folders.

Contains various issues of Los Angeles newspapers for the first half of the twentieth century. The majority of issues deal
with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire or World War I and II events, arranged alphabetically by the title of the
paper, and then chronologically. 3 boxes.

Contains various out-of-state and California newspapers, largely single issues and many dealing with the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake and fire, arranged alphabetically by the title of the paper and then chronologically. 4 boxes.

Box 91, Folder 1

Albuquerque Evening Citizen through Brooklyn Daily Eagle
,
1868-1906

Box 92, Folder 1

Chicago Daily News through Denver Post,
1899-1916

Box 93, Folder 1

Kansas City Star through
St. Louis Republic
,
1874-1963

Box 94, Folder 1

Vicksburg Herald
,
1918-1934

C. San Francisco Newspapers, 1898-1968

Scope and Content Note

Contains various San Francisco newspapers, largely single issues and many dealing with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and
fire, arranged alphabetically by the title of the paper and then chronologically. 9 boxes.

Box 95, Folder 1

Bulletin, 1906;
Call-Bulletin 1906;
Evening Post
,
1902

Box 96, Folder 1

San Francisco Call
,
1898-1906

Box 97, Folder 1

San Francisco Chronicle
,
1898-1906

Box 98, Folder 1

San Francisco Chronicle
,
1906-1968

Box 99, Folder 1

San Francisco Examiner
,
1898-1937

Box 100, Folder 1

San Francisco Examiner
,
1937-1940

Box 101, Folder 1

San Francisco Examiner, 1940-1942

Box 102, Folder 1

San Francisco Examiner
,
1942-1956

Box 103, Folder 1

San Francisco Examiner
,
1906

Scope and Content Note

[14 issues related to 1906 published at
Los Angeles Examiner]

D. San Luis Obispo County Newspapers, 1888-1968

Scope and Content Note

Contains incomplete runs of various San Luis Obispo County newspapers, including the county's major newspaper, the
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram and its successor, the
San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. Also contains newspapers from smaller communities in the county, arranged alphabetically by the title of the paper and then
chronologically. 6 boxes.

Newspaper advertising and tearsheets for the Sinsheimer Bros. store, Aug 19, 1965-Jan. 6, 1971. The majority of ads are in
the
San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune with a few ads in other scattered periodicals. Arranged chronologically. 3 boxes.

Contains Velox black-and-white photographic prints and two color postcards of missions of California missions. Includes prints
of both San Antonio and San Luis Obispo missions in various stages of disrepair prior to restoration. Alphabetical by place
name. 6 folders.

Contains oversized black-and-white prints of local points of interest, street scenes, buildings, events, and family members.
The photo album in Box 122 was disbound for preservation purposes and the prints stored separately in Box 120. 2 boxes.